Nathan Hale

Hale, Nathan,

1755–76, American soldier, hero of the American Revolution, b. Coventry, Conn. A young schoolteacher when the Revolution broke out, he was commissioned an officer in the Connecticut militia, served in the siege of Boston, then went to take part in operations in New York. He volunteered for the dangerous mission of getting information about the British forces on Long Island, where he went in the natural disguise of a schoolmaster. Inexperienced, he revealed his mission to a former British officer, was captured, and was hanged without trial. He is remembered especially for the statement he is said to have uttered on the gallows, "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."

Bibliography

See biography by H. P. Johnston (1914); M. Pennypacker, General Washington's Spies on Long Island and in New York (1939).

Hale, Nathan

Hale, Nathan

(1755–76) soldier, martyr; born in Coventry, Conn. He graduated from Yale (1773) and became a Continental Army captain in 1776. He was captured by British soldiers while disguised as a schoolmaster and hanged. His famous declaration "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country" became a symbol of the Revolutionary spirit.

Nathan Hale

(character)

An asterisk ("*", see also splat, ASCII).
Notionally, from "I regret that I have only one asterisk for
my country!" ("life to give" -> "ass to risk" -> "asterisk"),
a misquote of the famous remark uttered by Nathan Hale just
before he was hanged. Hale was a (failed) spy for the rebels
in the American War of Independence.

I think it's horrifying that the campus of Nathan Hale has become the first place where America surrenders to this kind of fear because of what extremists might possibly do," said Michael Steinberg, an attorney and Yale graduate.

I think it's horrifying that the campus of [American Revolutionary War hero] Nathan Hale has become the first place where America surrenders to this kind of fear because of what extremists might possibly do," said Michael Steinberg, an attorney and Yale graduate.

The setting has moved across the Atlantic to America, where the Chimera have invaded the country, and, taking control of returning hero Nathan Hale, you are up against the might of the alien forces right from the start.

For Goshow Architects, those funds translated into designing new auditoriums at Leonard Dunkley and Nathan Hale High Schools in Brooklyn, upgrading science laboratories at John Bowne High School in Flushing, creating a new recreational playground at PS 397 in Flatbush, completely renovating the exterior of Horace Greeley Junior High in Astoria, and modernizing the interiors at Robert Bolden High School in East New York.

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